{"id":1385326,"date":"2016-02-02T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1385326"},"modified":"2016-02-02T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:16:33","slug":"we-got-a-sneak-peek-behind-the-scenes-of-fantastic-beasts-eddies-hair-is-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/we-got-a-sneak-peek-behind-the-scenes-of-fantastic-beasts-eddies-hair-is-spectacular\/","title":{"rendered":"We Got a Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes of <em>Fantastic Beasts<\/em> (&#038; Eddie&#8217;s Hair Is SPECTACULAR)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/whoopsnewfbmain_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Holy <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/11\/11\/weve-got-all-the-details-about-the-plot-of-fantastic-beasts-the-american-word-for-muggles\" target=\"_blank\">no-maj<\/a>, guys. \u00a0Warner Brothers has gifted us all with an exclusive look at the sorcery \u00a0that&#8217;s going on behind the scenes of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/15\/the-10-stages-of-watching-the-very-first-fantastic-beasts-where-to-find-them-trailer\" target=\"_blank\">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/a><\/em>, and I think I speak for all of us when I say hot damn. We&#8217;ve been <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/15\/the-10-stages-of-watching-the-very-first-fantastic-beasts-where-to-find-them-trailer\">waxing poetic about Eddie Redmayne<\/a> \u00a0(and the soft ginger creature that has made itself at home on top of his head) for what feels like eons, but NOW we&#8217;re finally getting our hands dirty!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qrp9wVO_74U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve previously received \u00a0little bite-sized scraps like <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/15\/the-10-stages-of-watching-the-very-first-fantastic-beasts-where-to-find-them-trailer\" target=\"_blank\">a trailer<\/a> and a basic premise and \u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/11\/04\/click-here-for-your-first-look-at-eddie-redmayne-in-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them\" target=\"_blank\">now-famous teal coat that Eddie Redmayne is rocking<\/a> and which I want him to be wearing when we are inevitably \u00a0joined in holy matrimony. But now? Well, now things are taking SHAPE. We&#8217;ve got CHARACTERS.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, of course. Eccentric magizoologist and freckled heartthrob in training.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/fbsneakpeek1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, who says the magical atmosphere is so realistic that she often forgets she can&#8217;t just make things move with the flick of her wand. Which, you know, same. I want her hair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/fbsneakpeek2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also Tina Goldstein, Queenie&#8217;s sister, played by Katherine Waterston. She says the hardest part is &#8220;ignoring your own sense of wonder&#8221; and &#8220;acting like everything&#8217;s natural.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/fbsneakpeek3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally we&#8217;ve got the token Muggle (no-maj) Jacob Kowalski (played by Dan Fogler) who&#8217;s just returned from the war and wants to open up a bakery, but \u00a0the ever-insistent magic-verse won&#8217;t let him. He keeps getting swept up in various magical Newt-related shenanigans, and I can already tell he&#8217;s going to be a \u00a0kindred spirit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/fbsneakpeek4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, J.K. Rowling&#8217;s there. You know. Wandering around set. Being the screenwriter. Changing lives.<\/p>\n<p>Ready your tears, Potterheads. They keep saying &#8220;WELCOME BACK TO THE WIZARDING WORLD&#8221; like I haven&#8217;t spent the last five years \u00a0interrogating strangers about their Hogwarts Houses on public transportation, but \u00a0I&#8217;ll allow it. \u00a0ONLY 291 DAYS OF EMOTIONAL DRY-HEAVING TO GO.<\/p>\n<p><em>291 days is plenty of time for us to sew teal coats of our own, but \u00a0will it be enough time for us to capture a magical \u00a0creature and set it loose at SparkCon, thereby forcing Eddie to come rescue us? LET&#8217;S HOPE SO. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy no-maj, guys. \u00a0Warner Brothers has gifted us all with an exclusive look at the sorcery \u00a0that&#8217;s going on behind the scenes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and I think I speak   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5246],"tags":[438,6420,20635,10184,20257,4700,17929,3345,1878,3673],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385326"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}